Cecilio, Thanks for the info. The modification to gdm.conf did the trick! -Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cecilio Marín > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 3:17 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: X Forwarding with telnet > > On versions 3, default X server was XFree86, on versions 4 is > X.org. By default on versions 4, X config files differs > something, p. ex., not allow remote tcp conections (used by > telnet forwarding). If allows it, you can see port 6000/tcp > open in your host: > > fuser -n tcp -v 6000 > > Also, you can see "-nolisten tcp" on X daemon string: ps -def | grep X > > > 2 possible solutions: Open port 6000, or ssh forwarding. > > - How open port 6000/tcp? If use gdm (don't know in kdm): > Edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and puts parameter "DisallowTCP=false" > Telnet forwarding must work restarting X system. > > - ssh forwarding: whith command > > ssh <host> -X -C > > Probe it (local user and remote user must be the same?). The > -X parameter means 'Tunnel Forwarding', and -C is for compression. > > > Good luck! > Cecilio M. > > > Dege, Robert C. escribió: > > >I'm running RHEL 4, and am unable to forward X apps to my > local display > >when I telnet to a remote machine. > > > >I have correctly set the DISPLAY correctly on the remote > machine, and > >also ran xhost +, but am still unable to run any remote X apps on my > >display. > > > >Is there some local config file that I need to modify to > allow this? I > >have iptables stop, and SELinux is not running. > > > >Thanks. > > > >-Rob > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
